Why is there no confirm to delete row in timesheet

A user is able to delete a row in their time distribution grid, even if hours are saved, without the tool confirming that deletion is ok.

The 'clear all' function asks if you are sure, but an individual row does not.With the auto-save function there is no undo for the users.This is an issue as the user may not know what information is needed to re-create the entries, if they even notice that the row has gone.

I think this is one of those things that people have differing opinions on. Some people would like a confirmation and some find them cumbersome. I'll leave this post open and we'll see if other customers have thoughts on this.

This has also been raised by our senior management team as an issue. I agree that the Gen4 timesheet makes it too easy for entire lines of timesheet data to be deleted with no way of retrieving this or re-entering it easily.

Perhaps where data is present a confirmation prompt should appear before deletion or provide administrators with the ability to enable/disable the deletion prompt.

Agreed, this is a problem and a huge frustration for some of our staff who have mistakenly deleted a row that was already filled with time and comments. It is then a real challenge to remember all the comments that were entered.

I just accidentally deleted a row with plenty of comments and hour data. SUPER FRUSTRATING to have to redo all that work, especially as I am trying to leave for the weekend. It would be ok not to have a confirmation dialog, but then have an UNDO to get that lost work back. Accidents happen -- don't turn them into customers hating your product.

This idea I posted 8 months ago now is still marked as "not planned" to be resolved. I think we need more customers to support this upgrade request before anything happens and it is considered. We are sticking with the older version (where there is validation) until it is fixed.

Thank you all for adding your voice here. Definitely looks like this impacts many people. I have changed this to Planned and will look for some time to slot it in late in Q3 or early in Q4.

Just to give you some background, I'm not sure a confirmation is the best choice here. We find those quickly become ignored and if you are deleting many rows in succession, it might be bothersome for some users. What I'd like to implement is an undo option for deletes. Unfortunately, this increases the scope which makes it not as easy to fit this in. I will do some more thinking on this for quicker solutions that avoid some of the issues I raised.

Great this is being looked at but undo is only any use if you know you have deleted something. I believe we just need “are you sure” for rows with hours recorded, like classic version. Then the user should not be deleting them! So it should not be bothersome just improve data completeness. Undo also will be compromised by the auto-save function. Please just consider a check on filled rows a little like on the confirmation box on the whole page clear button and that I still have in classic. Thanks

Hi Charlene, I appreciate your interest in this issue, and thanks for sharing your initial thinking on it.

To brainstorm a bit more with you... what about something like a "hidden row" feature instead? Rows that are hidden would show greyed out and would not be editable unless un-hidden. Hidden rows would not be submitted, but would be saved and rolled forward into future timesheets.

This type of approach would help solve this accidental delete problem by making it completely appropriate to use a confirmation dialog for deletion of any row (hidden or not). Also, hidden rows could be a new feature, holding common hour logging or projects which aren't needed every week. Finally, it's a more visible alternative to "undo" which can only be LIFO (last-in, first-out) and is relatively invisible.

Visually, I'd replace the (X) on the right side of each row with a checkbox, and two action buttons: Hide/Unhide and Delete which show just above the row grid, and generally above the new column of checkboxes.

And then, as a future wish-list item, action buttons for "Move Up" and "Move Down" would be very welcome -- to rearrange selected rows. I know I've wished for that feature as well.

Apologies for the delay, but I wanted to let you all know that work has started on this. We'll be showing a confirmation whenever you attempt to delete a row that has time entry data on it. I expect this will be available sometime in February.

Please try to rectify and expedite - very frustrating trying to remember my entry and info. that was entered a couple days ago..... was there in last version, not sure why you would have removed this feature?